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    Comment by 'fender' in media 'Lesser Stag Beetle'

    Stunning photo! they are great creatures. Saw one very recently.
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    Dropping id wanted

    Hello Thank you for your input. My first thoughts were a mustelid too.. I have seen Stoat and Weasel droppings before, but none like this. They have been a little twisted and pointy at the ends, but this one looks more like a necklace to me! Thanks re: the photo
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    Dropping id wanted

    It was taken a few years ago now and hard to remember size, but approximately the size and length of an average mans little finger. It was on a nature reserve near Tewkesbury Glos with ditches and flood meadows not too far from the river Severn.
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    Dropping id wanted

    Hello all, I came across this dropping on a local wildlife reserve and wondered if anyone out there would be able to identify it please.
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    Golden Globes

    Hello all, I have now had an e-mail from a man from the GNS(Gloucestershire Naturalists Society) who has reared some of the creatures from the globes and has confirmed that they are(as two of you have rightly said)weevil’s, these being, Hypera rumicis. Thank you all for your help. Phil
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    Golden Globes

    A couple more Photo's
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    Golden Globes

    Thanks for your input and theories. We had wondered if they could possibly be some type of moth or beetle larvae but these definitely had just emerged from the globes..if you look closely you can see the remains of the globes around them. All the ones we have seen have had varying sized larvae...
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    Golden Globes

    Saw the larvae of Cionus Weevil and it looks unlike like the ones in the globes. We did see one who had just emerged from a globe and it just looked like a small caterpillar. A couple of pic’s that show it.
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    Golden Globes

    Hello guys, thank you for your input. Definitely not dried-out cuckoo spit. I don’t think that one was dead…in most cases you could actually see the larvae moving. Thanks for the weevil cocoon info, I will check Cionus out. The parasitised one was long ago. I do know a chap who may have reared...
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    Golden Globes

    Hello all, Can anyone please tell me which species make these lovely little golden globes, which contain small larvae. My wife and I have seen a lot this year and have never noticed them before, even though we spend a lot of time in the field. My wife first spotted them in late spring and we...
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    Identification help please

    Hello Walter, Thank you for that! I am familiar with froghoppers but have never seen the nymph before. Regard’s, Fender
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    Identification help please

    Hello all, Can anyone identify this creature for me please. Regards, Fender
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    Video upload help needed

    I have tried that option and it was taking ages to upload so aborted it in the end..the clip was only 1.15 minutes long and was from my d500 dslr
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    Video upload help needed

    Hello all, I am wanting to upload videos for sharing with people and am finding it very hard to be able to do so. I am using Mac OS Sierra and have a google account and noticed that there is Google Videos...the problem is that although I am logged into my account I don't get the option come up...
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    URL help

    Thank you all for your helpful suggestions.I will look into the various options. Regards, Phil
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    URL help

    Hi All, Can someone please tell me how I can do a URL of my photo's for sharing on the web instead of having to heavily crop them for uploading. I am using macOS Sierra version 10.12.6 Regards, Phil
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    Identification needed

    Thanks for that!...Yes, I agree, having checked the species and I see it's a female. Best Wishes, Phil
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    Identification needed

    Hello all, Took this photo a few days ago and I haven't been able to identify the creature...it looks similar to a type of cricket to me..but without the thick back legs. Could someone identify it for me please. Regards, Phil
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    Raptor Identification needed

    Hi Russ, As mentioned, my first thoughts...Guess you are going by the yellow eye mainly? The head marking just looks unlike your usual Sparrowhawk though!...of course this could just be a trick of the light at the time. Phil
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    Raptor Identification needed

    Hello all, I recently took a quick and somewhat distant photo of a raptor, which I first thought to be a Sparrowhawk,but checking the photo has left me uncertain. I am used to seeing Peregrines in flight and this bird...although showing similar head and body markings to a Peregrine,just wasn't...
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    Identification needed please

    Thanks Dave, I have had a few of the bright green ones in the house at times over the years too...mainly Oak Bush Crickets,which often come to lights at night apparently. Phil.
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    Identification needed please

    Hi, Ok...thanks for your brief reply,nice to know for sure. Phil.
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    Identification needed please

    Another photo. Phil
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    Identification needed please

    Hello All, I recently discovered this "Cricket"? in my garden and although I have several books on insects cannot see anything like it in them. Could this be a baby Speckled Bush Cricket?...I say this because when first seen it measured approximately an eighth of an inch in body length and was...
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    Falcon identification needed please.

    Thank you all, That confirm's my first thought's then. Regards, Phil
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